AP Psychology Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 4. our spoken, written or signed words
  2. 5. methodical, logical rule that guarantees solution to problem
  3. 7. set of rules to divide meaning from morphemes, words and sentences
  4. 9. a nerve cell
  5. 12. thinking knowing, remembering
  6. 15. a characteristic pattern of behavior
  7. 16. science of mental processes and behavior
  8. 18. effortless, automatic feeling
  9. 19. I KNOW I AM RIGHT
  10. 23. rules for grammatically sensible sentences in a given language
  11. 24. inability to see problem from new perspective
  12. 25. mental grouping
  13. 28. a testable prediction
  14. 30. is the skinny man reading poetry a professor or truckdriver?
  15. 32. between at ages 1-2
  16. 34. most
  17. 37. speaking like a telegram
  18. 38. starts at four months
  19. 41. starts at age 2
Down
  1. 1. way an issue is posed
  2. 2. smallest unit that carries meaning
  3. 3. efficient though error prone thinking strategy to solve a problem
  4. 5. used to control anxiety and agitation
  5. 6. you control your own fate
  6. 8. mood disorder marked by hyperactive, wildly optimistic state
  7. 10. a sudden and novel realization
  8. 11. tendency to think of things only in terms of usual functions
  9. 13. pure science that aims to increase the scientific knowledge base
  10. 14. Whorf’s hypothesis
  11. 17. likelihood of events based on availability in memory
  12. 20. tendency to search for info that supports your preconceptions
  13. 21. BEST mental example
  14. 22. awareness of things that are not visible
  15. 26. clinging to initial conceptions even if disproved
  16. 27. tendency to approach problem in one particular way
  17. 29. persistent, irrational fear
  18. 31. ability to produce novel and valuable ideas
  19. 33. a person’s characteristic emotional reactivity and intensity
  20. 35. base of brainstem, controls heartbeat and breathing
  21. 36. surgery that removes parts of the brain
  22. 39. system of rules that enable us to communicate with others
  23. 40. the word “chat” has three